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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

You're reading from   Python Penetration Testing Essentials Techniques for ethical hacking with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789138962
Length 230 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Mohit Raj Mohit Raj
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Preface 1. Python with Penetration Testing and Networking 2. Scanning Pentesting FREE CHAPTER 3. Sniffing and Penetration Testing 4. Network Attacks and Prevention 5. Wireless Pentesting 6. Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers 7. Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application 8. Client-Side and DDoS Attacks 9. Pentesting SQL and XSS 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Fake ARP reply

In this section, we will learn how to send a fake ARP reply. The fake ARP reply program is made for the fake ping reply because when the attacker sends the ping request to a particular IP, the attacker machine first sends an ARP request for the MAC address.

When an attacker is on the subnet of the honeypot or outside the subnet, a fake reply will be sent by the honeypot. Let's see the topology diagram:

I have used three machines: Debian running honeypot codes, RHEL, as a gateway, and Kali Linux, as the attacker machine.

Let's see the fake reply code. The code name is arp_reply.py:

  • The following modules will be used in the code:
      import socket
import struct
import binascii
import Queue
import threading
import sys
  • In the following code, two sockets have been created. One for the receiver and one for sending the reply...
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